Sagan now has 1126 points to his name and overtakes Alejandro Valverde who remains on 1079 points after skipping Tour of Flanders. Tiesj Benoot (Lotto Soudal) has jumped into third place with 986 points while Tour of Flanders winner Niki Terpstra is fourth with 972 points.

In the team rankings, QuickStep-Floors continues to lead with an increased tally of 4588 points. Mitchelton-Scott are second on 3154.99 points with BMC third on 2765.99 points. At the bottom end of the 18 teams are Katusha-Alpecin on 667 points.

A number of riders made a big leap up the standings after De Ronde, including Mads Pedersen who improved 51 places to 19th. Terpstra improved by 12 places with Phillipe Gilbert moving up eight places into seventh place. Michael Andersen moved up 11 places and is now 13th overall.

With 13 WorldTour events now raced and won in 2018, 311 riders have scored points. QuickStep-Floors has 20 riders with WorldTour points thus far in the season while Team Sky has 22 riders to have scored points. At UAE Team Emirates, only 12 riders have scored WorldTour points in the 2018 season.

The WorldTour rankings will next be updated after the Vuelta al Pais Vasco and Paris-Roubaix with 400 and 500 points respectively for the winners.

WorldTour rankings - April 1

#

Rider Name (Country) Team

Result

1

Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe

1126

pts

2

Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team

1079

3

Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal

986

4

Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors

972

5

Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott

861.57

6

Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ

827

7

Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors

820

8

Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors

817

9

Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott

760

10

Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team

745

11

Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo

710

12

Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team

678.57

13

Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team

657

14

Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky

633.43

15

Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale

625

16

Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida

590

17

Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott

549.57

18

Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors

530

19

Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo

520

20

Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida

500

21

Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale

497

22

Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team

460

23

Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team

453.57

24

Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors

400

25

Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates

395

26

Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors

389

27

Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates

379

28

Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

368

29

Ion Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida

365

30

Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe

356

Teams

#

Rider Name (Country) Team

Result

1

Quick-Step Floors

4588

pts

2

Mitchelton-Scott

3154.99

3

BMC Racing Team

2765.99

4

Movistar Team

2728

5

Bora-Hansgrohe

2547

6

Team Sky

2244.01

7

Bahrain-Merida

2159

8

Lotto Soudal

1942

9

Astana Pro Team

1769

10

Trek-Segafredo

1707

11

AG2R La Mondiale

1698

12

Team Sunweb

1396

13

EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale

1258

14

Groupama - FDJ

1171

15

LottoNL-Jumbo

1144

16

UAE Team Emirates

1097

17

Dimension Data

928

18

Katusha-Alpecin

667

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